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title: Top 5 Content Marketing Updates for Week Ending 4/8/2016
description: Read the top 5 content marketing news stories for the week ending April 8, 2015.
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# [Top 5 Content Marketing Updates for Week Ending 4/8/2016](https://www.jumpstart.flairinteractive.net/top-5-content-marketing-updates-for-week-ending-4-8-2016)

 Written by [Marissa Kasarov](https://www.jumpstart.flairinteractive.net/author/marissa-kasarov) | Apr 10, 2016 12:00:00 PM

Find out what you've missed in the world of search engine optimization for the week ending April 8, 2016. These are a few of this week's top stories, hand-picked by the team at [Flair Interactive Services](http://www.flairinteractive.com).

[****The 50 Best Resources for Content Marketing****](http://www.visualnews.com/2016/04/08/50-must-resources-content-marketing/)

Content marketing is no easy task. Whether you’re a one-person marketing department at a startup or CMO of a Fortune 500, doing it well—and within budget—is always a challenge. Having the right tools available to you is the key. This list should help!

[****Making Content Marketing Work: Slow and Steady Wins the Race****](https://www.jumpstart.flairinteractive.net/making-content-marketing-work-slow-and-steady-wins-the-race)

Every marketing professional runs into challenges along their path.  Whether you get bogged down in the hiring process, finding top talent, or you have trouble finding the right systems and processes for your marketing needs, it can be challenge in itself to just keep pushing forward.  Don't give up! Here's a little extra motivation for you. 

**[Do You Have What It Takes to Master Content Marketing?](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-patel/do-you-have-what-it-takes_5_b_9602708.html)**

We’ve reached a saturation point in content marketing. More than 95% of all businesses are actively engaged in content marketing efforts. And most businesses are committed to spending more on content marketing. Competition has reached a fever pitch. Those who lack the chutzpah to carry on will be forced to bow out.

[****4 Reasons You Need a Content Marketing Agency****](http://www.business2community.com/content-marketing/4-reasons-need-content-marketing-agency-01506984)

Every business, no matter what it produces or sells, needs content. *Your* business needs content. In an economy that relies so heavily on the Internet, websites and social media, your content is what draws in new customers and what keeps them. Here is how a content marketing agency can help. 

[****3 Big Brands That Totally "Get" Content Marketing****](http://marketingland.com/3-big-brands-totally-get-content-marketing-171367)

Large brands have successfully adopted content marketing and done it at a scale that works for their business model. Here are three brands — one large non-profit, one B2C company and one global B2B organization — that all prove that big organizations can do it, too… and also offer us all a little inspiration.

 

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